ICS I - 100/200 Introduction and Basic Incident Command System

Module 1 reviews the ICS organization, basic terminology and common responsibilities. Modules 2-6 will cover Principles and Features of ICS, Organizational Overview, Incident Facilities, Incident Resources and Common Responsibilities. The modules covered in this course from the National Training Curriculum will provide enough information about ICS to enable you to work in a support role at an incident or event, or to support an incident from an off-site location. You will also learn the essential differences between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-agency Coordination Systems, and jurisdictional Emergency Operations Centers (EOC).

ICS I - 100/200 Introduction and Basic Incident Command System
(Train the Trainer)

Module 1 reviews the ICS organization, basic terminology and common responsibilities. Modules 2-6 will cover Principles and Features of ICS, Organizational Overview, Incident Facilities, Incident Resources and Common Responsibilities. The modules covered in this course from the National Training Curriculum will provide enough information about ICS to enable you to work in a support role at an incident or event, or to support an incident from an off-site location. You will also learn the essential differences between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-agency Coordination Systems, and jurisdictional Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). At the conclusion of this course, those wishing to Instruct this course will receive additional coursework and training materials to assist in the presentation of the course.

ICS I - 300 Intermediate Basic Incident Command System

This course includes Modules 7-9 and 11 with just an overview of Module 10: "Air Operations" of the NIIMS ICS National Training Curriculum. This will be a 24 hour course for up to 30 students. The modules covered in this course from the National Training Curriculum will provide information about the organization and staffing of an Incident Command System, organizing for planned and unplanned events, and Resource Management.

ICS I - 400 Advanced Incident Command System

This course includes Modules 12-15 with a presentation of the ICS-402 "ICS For Executives" (Module 17) of the NIIMS ICS National Training Curriculum. This will be a 24 hour course for up to 30 students. The modules covered in this course from the National Training Curriculum will capitalize on prior ICS training and provide information about ICS to enable the student to work within the Incident Command System. You will also gain a strong working knowledge of Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-agency Coordination Systems, and jurisdictional Emergency Operations Centers (EOC).

G108 Community Mass Care Management

G110 Emergency Management Operations Course for Local Governments

G137 Exercise Program Manager

G191 Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center Interface

G197 Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations
This 2½-day course is intended to provide those with responsibilities for providing emergency planning or care of seniors, people with disabilities, and/or special needs groups with the skills and knowledge they will need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations.  Emergency managers, senior first-response personnel, special needs coordinators, human services organization personnel, facility planners, community-based organizational personnel, advocacy group personnel, elected officials, public health personnel, and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) personnel should attend

G202 Debris Management

This field course is designed for State and local personnel at all levels as well as public works directors, their staffs, and waste management personnel.  The course provides an overview of issues and recommended actions necessary to plan for, respond to, and recover from debris-generating events.

G250.7 Rapid Assessment Workshop

Workshop in rapid assessment of local situation after an incident to enable community to prioritize response activities, allocate scarce resources, and request mutual aid and State and Federal assistance quickly.  Includes module on being specific about size, amount, location, and type when asking for help.

G265 Instructional Delivery Skills
The purpose of this 3½-day course is to prepare the participant to assist with state-delivered training. It covers preparation, presentation, and evaluation skills. In addition, participants will be able to incorporate the needs of training participants into their training delivery. At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:  

§         Analyze the audience characteristics, given a particular training activity.  

§         Review course materials to determine how the needs of the training participants affect their presentation.

§         Prepare to use instructional techniques, methods, and media effectively.

§         Prepare and manage the learning environment.  

§         Demonstrate effective instructional delivery techniques given a specific audience and materials.  

Members of state and local emergency management teams who assist in the teaching of FEMA- or state-developed classroom training should attend

G270.4 Recovery from Disaster, the Local Government Role

G271 Hazard Weather and Flood Preparedness

G272 Warning Coordinator

G275 EOC Management and Operations

This course is a prerequisite for G275, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations. The goal of this Independent Study course is to provide the reader with an understanding of the vital role an EOC plays in the community’s overall preparedness, response, and recovery activities.  
 

G276 Resource Management

This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively identify, develop, and manage a resource management system.  The course covers aspects of how to tap into little used resources, how to develop and manage a system to better manage scarce public and private sector resources in a crisis situation, and how to ask for help.  State and local individuals responsible for effectively developing and managing a resource management system within the EOC or Incident Command System (ICS) should attend.

G288 Donations Management Workshop
This 8-12 hour workshop addresses the planning considerations and operational requirements for an effective donations management system at the state and/or local level. A special emphasis is put between state/local government and voluntary agencies as the key to success in donations management.  Local government officials or state and local leaders of key voluntary organizations (i.e., those affiliated with the state VOAD), who have responsibility for planning, coordinating, implementing, and/or operating the donations management function at the state and local level should attend.

Prerequisites:  

§         Required: Participants must have some responsibility to oversee, coordinate, and/or assist with the state and local donations function during large-scale disasters.  

§         Recommended: IS-288, The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management.

G290 Basic Public Information Officers

G318 Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments

G358 Evacuation and Re-entry Planning

G361 Flood Fight Operations

G362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools

This course is designed to help the school community plan for all types of disasters.  Topics will include risk reduction techniques, post-disaster recovery, mitigation opportunities, school violence, and crisis counseling.  The course will address the benefits of involving people and organizations outside the school system in the planning process.

G386 Mass Fatalities

G408 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments (formerly Terrorism Planning)

Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams (IS-317)

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unveiled an on-line, independent study course that can serve as either an introduction to those joining Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) or as a refresher to current volunteer team members.  The course can be taken by anyone interested in CERT, but only those who are actual CERT volunteers can take the in-person training offered by emergency response agencies.

Online information for the course is available at http://www.training.fema.gov/emiWeb/is/is317.asp.  It has six modules with topics that include an introduction to CERT, fire safety, hazardous material and terrorist incidents, disaster medical operations, and search and rescue.  It takes between six and eight hours to complete the course; those successfully finishing it receive a certification of completion.

Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts

This course addresses the special needs of responders to incidents which may have been caused by terrorist action.  Developed for the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) by the National Fire Academy (NFA), the course identifies basic level response to such topics as Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive (BNICE) agents, suspicious incidents, responder self-protection, crime scene considerations, and specialized Incident Command issues.

Target audience includes fire service personnel, emergency medical service (EMS) responders, and hazardous materials (HazMat) responders.

This course is primarily intended for fire, EMS, and HazMat responders, however this would be beneficial for other public safety personnel, as well.  It is the responsibility of the jurisdiction to determine course participants.
 

The course is delivered by Community Research Associations (CRA), Nashville, Tennessee.
(2 Days)

Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations Course -
A Safe Response for Public Safety Personnel

Using the same principals and design characteristics as the IAFF Hazardous Materials training programs, the IAFF developed the WMD training course, Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations, a Safe Response for Public Safety Personnel.  The course empowers students to draw on their experiences and knowledge, use their available resources, and make calculated decisions about safe response actions.  The course focuses on a specific audience (i.e. first responders) and emphasizes the safety and health of these professionals.  It builds on basic skills and knowledge, while introducing and teaching characteristics, hazards, and mitigation tactics specific to WMD incidents.  In addition, it incorporates operation-level hazardous materials refresher information throughout each unit, reinforcing basic response protocols.

A prerequisite to taking the course is attending a WMD Awareness Course.

The intended target audience for this training course is fire fighters, law enforcement, and rescue/EMS personnel who might be first responders to a WMD incident.

The course is delivered by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Alexandria, Virginia.
(2 Days)

• Recognize and describe the history and nature of the radical, extremist terror movement and recognize the threat of terrorism against the United States and its interests.

• Describe the different types of weapons of mass destruction.

• Understand what Homeland Security is and how WMD incidents will impact the local community. 

• Describe aspects of the National Security Act of 2002 and the National Strategy for Homeland Security.

• Identify specific planning, training, and equipment initiatives. 

• Identify and develop community resources, and how to enhance private/public partnerships.

• Understand the threat/risk assessment process.

• Identify and describe strategies to deter or prevent WMD incidents.

• Recognize and describe the concepts of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the Incident Command System (ICS), and the Unified Command System (UCS), when applied to the complexity of a response to a WMD incident.

• Identify and understand the importance of participating in WMD training exercises.

• Receive information relative to additional resources and support for planning and responding to a WMD incident, complete a critical evaluation and appraisal of the course, and receive a certificate of participation from the training program.

Preparedness and Response to Agricultural Terrorism

This workshop will provide community planners as well as those in the food production chain, who would be among the first to note the effects of an attempted attack on the nation's food supply, with information to identify and recruit individuals to identify potential threats to the cultivation, production, processing, transportation, or distribution of the nation's food supply.  The course will provide community members with information on the ability to recognize possible targets in their region, understand the resources in the region, develop a comprehensive plan, develop an infrastructure of community resources, and develop a plan to identify, collect, and share information with local, state, and federal agencies.  Target audience is community emergency planners who are a part of the front-line defense in attacks to the nation's food supply.  In addition to emergency response workers, an attack would also involve: agricultural businesses, elected and appointed officials, regulatory/enforcement groups, agricultural trade associations, research and extension services, public utilities, homeland security, medical community, veterinarians, wildlife officials, and public information officers.

(3 Days)

Public Works: Planning for and Responding to a Terrorism/WMD Incident

This course focuses on enhancing the capabilities of public works leadership, in coordination with state and local emergency response personnel, to plan for, respond to, and manage a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorism incident.  The course presents the fundamental skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will be needed by public works managers and supervisors when they are called upon to respond to a WMD terrorism incident or develop a plan to prevent or mitigate a WMD terrorism incident, including chemical and biological agents, nuclear/radiological weapons and explosive devices.  In order to foster a proper level of multidiscipline understanding, participants from the fire services (fire, HazMat, EMS), law enforcement, and public health disciplines will be invited to the course.
(3 Days)

Senior Officials' Workshop

This seminar is designed as a forum that allows appointed and elected senior officials to discuss strategic and executive level issues regarding WMD/terrorism incidents.  Some of the topics covered will assist in the assessment of potential targets within your community, the problems presented, and potential protective actions that can be taken.  It will also focus on how to develop an integrated response that involves local, state, and federal resources and how to develop an awareness for special financial and legal considerations, and media impacts that a WMD incident may involve.

This course is targeted to and primarily intended for senior-level elected and appointed officials.

The course is delivered by the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC).
(1 Day)

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Complexities Training Course

The POI for on-site WMD training is modeled after, and consistent with, the requirements for curriculum development in Appendix E, Training Curriculum Guidelines (Non-mandatory), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, and the Hazardous Materials Incident Response Curriculum Guidelines (Response Guidelines), Guidelines for Public Sector Hazardous Materials Training, March 1988.

Target audience is emergency responders in the fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical, hospital services, emergency management and others as determined appropriate by the jurisdictional authority.

The training is on-site delivery encompassing WMD related topics and hands-on training with equipment, instrumentation and techniques and procedures.  The training is organized to meet the specific needs of the audience and is presented in an 8 hour format.
(1 Day)

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Threat and Risk Assessment - Jurisdiction

Upon completion of this course, jurisdictional leadership will be prepared to conduct a proactive and comprehensive assessment of their vulnerability to a terrorist act, develop a needs assessment and validate requirements for protection against and reaction to a terrorist act, and evaluate their Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) and terrorism annex.

Prior to the start of the class, a self-assessment instrument will be provided to participants.  They will have four weeks to complete the instrument and return it to NERRTC.  The assessment will be reviewed, evaluated, and analyzed.  Relevant information will then be incorporated into the course content so that the scenarios assessed in the class will be tailored and relevant to the jurisdiction represented.

Prerequisites to take the course include an awareness level course in WMD and a solid working knowledge of the community's Emergency Operations Plan and terrorism annex.

Target audience includes city and county administrators, city and county planners, fire service personnel, law enforcement personnel, emergency medical service (EMS) responders, and emergency management personnel.

This course is primarily intended for planners in the emergency services community.  It is the responsibility of the jurisdiction to determine course participants.

The course is delivered by the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC).
(3 Days)

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment (Local Jurisdiction)

This Planning/Management level course extends beyond the process taught in the current Threat and Risk Assessment Course and provides the jurisdiction with skills to develop an action plan to reduce/mitigate identified vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure, facilities, systems, and special events sites.  There is a strong emphasis on security engineering concepts, building systems, and security systems.  Participants should be key response managers within a local jurisdiction who are required to prevent, mitigate, manage, and/or resolve a WMD/terrorism incident.  The course delivery methodology consists of lectures, small group discussions, multimedia scenarios, and inspections of facilities and infrastructures selected by the jurisdiction. Participant learning occurs in multidisciplinary teams.  This course is funded by Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and it follows well-tested and recognized industry standards for reducing vulnerability.

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Tactical Commanders Course

The Weapons of Mass Destruction Tactical Commanders course is designed to provide law enforcement tactical commanders, their deputies, tactical supervisors, tactical team leaders and assorted law enforcement support command staff with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively plan and command tactical missions in an environment containing a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) and/or other hazardous materials.

All course participants will be sworn members of a state or local law enforcement agency who are currently assigned and functioning as a commander of a fully operational law enforcement tactical team, who have completed an approved or certified DHS awareness level WMD course, and have completed a training program in basic tactical operations.